Category Archives: Mac

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 20:21 BST

Green Man Gaming adds Telltale Games to its library, some are on sale

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Green Man Gaming has added Telltale Games titles to its library for PC and Mac. Most are on sale at present, so hit up the link to purchase games such as Back to the Future, Hector: Badge of Carnage, Jurassic Park: The Game, Poker Night 2, Puzzle Agent, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, and The Walking Dead.

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:09 BST

Jagged Alliance: Flashback gets frozen diorama scene, new screens

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Jagged Alliance: Flashback developer Full Control has six days of Kickstarter funding left, and has released a neat Unity-powered diorama, letting you scroll around a scene from the turn-based game’s actual gameplay.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 09:40 BST

Apple passes 50 billion App Store downloads since 2008

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Apple is celebrating over 50 billion App Store downloads worldwide since the store launched in 2008.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 02:26 BST

Skyward Collapse to release next week

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Skyward Collapse, in which you play a hassled deity trying to keep your people from fighting to the death over petty religious squabbles, arrives next week.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 03:20 BST

Dota 2: The International prize pool now over $2 million

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Sales of Valve’s Dota 2 Compendium have already pushed the total prize pool for the third annual world championships event past $2 million.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 00:53 BST

Game Dev Tycoon among batch of six new Greenlight titles

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Six more games have been approved by Valve’s esoteric Greenlight service for eventual release through the premiere PC distribution platform.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 01:09 BST

Diablo 3 anniversary celebrated with magic find, XP boosts

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Log in for a few hours with Diablo 3 this week and you’ll be rewarded with increased XP gain and magic find, in celebration of the RPG’s first birthday.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 09:48 BST

Steam update adds player levels based on community badges

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Valve has rolled out a new update on Steam which assigned gamers a personal level based on their community achievements, and linked to the store’s badge system.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 07:08 BST

Show Me The Games sale heavily discounts indies

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Developer direct digital distribution hub Show Me The Games is throwing a whopping sale for the next few days, with discounts of 35% to 75% on 32 indie titles. There are some well known names on the list – And Yet It Moves, Gratuitous Space Battles, Defcon and Voxeltron, for example – as well as a bunch of lesser-known efforts you might not have heard of. A wide variety of genres are represented, and many titles are available on Linux and Mac as well as PC.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 06:46 BST

Contraption Maker to follow in The Incredible Machine’s footsteps

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Or possibly tyre treads; but you get the idea. Contraption Makers is a spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from the creators of the original Sierra franchise.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 01:49 BST

Son of Nor supports mind-controlled power use

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That game where you can rearrange the environment using Jedi-like powers? You’ll be able to play it with your mind. Prepare to have your mind blown when you see it in action through the break.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 23:15 BST

Shadowrun Returns: capturing the tabletop vibe

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Shadowrun Returns takes the turn-based RPG template back to its hardcore roots. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with Harebrained Schemes founder Jordan Weisman to learn more.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 01:05 BST

GOG adds ten Mac games including Syndicate Wars

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Good news for the OS-X contingent today with another round of thriftily-priced classic games added to GOG’s Mac collection.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 00:13 BST

Diablo 3 exploit proceeds to go to charity

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Blizzard has identified 415 Diablo 3 players who took advantage of last week’s gold multiplying exploit, and will be diverting their profits directly to a good cause.

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Sat, May 11, 2013 | 18:01 BST

Steam Trading Cards turn up in Steam database

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A entry for Steam Trading Cards has turned up in the Steam database, leading many to scratch their heads as to what the entry entails.As PCgamesN notes, it could mean a variety of things such as support for trading card games, Valve could be working on its own trading card game, or it could be the start of some other form of community trading of CD-keys or the like. Valve hasn’t announced anything of the sort, yet, so we’ll just have to keep guessing until something is announced.

Sat, May 11, 2013 | 17:27 BST

GoG Adventurers Assemble sale has 12 really nice titles for cheap

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GoG is hosting a Adventurers Assemble sale which includes 12 games for $53.88, or 60% off. Of course, the less games you check off in the pack, the less it will run you, but there’s some really nice titles in there like: To the Moon, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Resonance, The Blackwell Bundle, Primorida, Gemini Rue, and more. Head on through the link to start buying. Thanks, PC Gamer.

Fri, May 10, 2013 | 22:15 BST

Road Redemption Kickstarter has been funded

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With 40 hours left on the clock, DarkSeas Games’ Road Redemption Kickstarter has been funded. The initial funding goal was $160,000, and 3,929 backers funded it with $163,315 in pledges. You can find out more on the game which is currently slated for a PC, Mac and Linux in July, and Wii U some time this year, through the link.

Fri, May 10, 2013 | 20:02 BST

Steam Greenlight clocks in 2 million voters, Valve working on the ability to “Greenlight more items”

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Steam Greenlight games have been voted on by “roughly” 2 million participants since it launched in August 2012, according to a recent developer group chat on Greenlight.

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Fri, May 10, 2013 | 03:29 BST

Civilization 5: Brave New World introduces tourism

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One of the new additions coming to Civilization 5 in its second expansion is tourism. This video explains the new system and how it fits in with the established culture mechanics.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 22:54 BST

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 3 due next week

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The third episode of Phoenix Online’s Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller drops on May 16 for iPad, Mac and PC. Called The Oracle, this instalment has players taking control of both the titular protagonist and the serial killer she’s been stalking. Check out a new trailer and some screens through the break, and pick up the first two episodes, The Hangman and The Wise Monkey; the conclusion is expected in late northern summer.

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